On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:41:25 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> You immediately see the problem with this, don't you? Yes, that's
>>> right: the minor detail of "copywrite infringement".
>> 
>> And the solution is/may be "fair use".
> 
> Don't think that works.
> 
> According to the YouTube FAQ (which is not legally binding of course),
> it's OK to have music playing if it's incidental to the main purpose of
> the video. In other words, if the music was taken away, it would still
> be an interesting video.
> 
> Posting a 4-minute video containing an entire track prominently in the
> foreground because that's what I'm dancing to is hardly "insubstantial",
> however.

The full track wouldn't be covered by fair use, but a snippet would be.

>> Go ahead and video it and post it; the worst that happens is you get a
>> takedown notice and have to remove it.
> 
> No, the worst that can happen is that I get sued for several hundred
> thousand pounds and/or put in jail. Apparently the music industry likes
> to do that occasionally, to make an example of people.

Generally with Youtube they resort to DMCA takedown notices for the US.  
It's if the video isn't taken down in compliance that things start to get 
uglier.

Jim

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